Re: New Zealand flatworm -gosh, someone else has them?

Addressed to: Einionygarddwr@aol.com
              medit-plants@ucdavis.edu

** Reply to note from Einionygarddwr@aol.com Fri, 11 Feb 2000 02:15:04 EST
my eyebrows shot up when I saw your note! It is the first reference I have seen
to them on this list, since:
They appeared in my garden suddenly about 4 years ago, and since they were
foreign to me, I posted a query on this news group and someone (from England -
Tristan, perhaps?) pointed me (I spent hours in the library pouring over
books) towards identifying them (small 1/2 to 1 inch long, shiny, black, skinny -rather
like a small, black skinny slug!). Since I could never determine how they appeared
so suddenly, my only conclusion, was that possibly it had come from some horse
manure I had acquired from a friend and added to my compost, but now, I am
wondering if they came from a plant I bought??? Last year, we had less than our
average annual rainfall (about half of our average 80 inches a year) and I thought
they had disappeared, but they are still here. Yes, I smush everyone I can, and I see
them hangin around with the slugs, so assumed they co-exist together (of course,
either breed all eat the smushed ones of each other). I have LOTS of earthworms, I
haven't noticed any less, but am frightened to hear that they are in jeopardy! If you
know of information, or any urls with more info on them, I would be most appreciative
to learn more.
thanks, Maura

Maura O'Neill, Boulder Creek, CA, USA
(on the San Lorenzo River, in the SLValley, aprox. 15 miles east of
the Pacific Ocean, as the crow flies, 
-about 10 miles north of Santa Cruz
and about 70 miles south of San Francisco)
Sunset zone 15 (more or less)
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